YES.
I lost my iphone, after five months living upon it.
It is like losing a limb.
Staring blindly on my MTR trip from Prince Edward to Central,
feeling the lightness of my handbag,
no more rush for minutes and seconds for games,
the lightning speed of SMS becomes turtle crawling speed in my hundred-year-old Motorola,
even my memories, in the forms of notes and photos, are forever gone.
It is certainly depressing, especially it was my birthday gift from my sisters.
I am still very guilty for my split second of light mindedness in Insomnia.
But there is one good thing about losing an Iphone----
I AM FREED FROM THE IPHONE.
For months, it is not at all exaggerating to conclude that 80% of my leisure time was partially/ fully occupied by this technology.
(I believe the 20% percent of the leisure time where Iphone is easily out of my mind is Majonging with my family and sleeping.)
But now,
my Fingers and Mind are much better controlled by Lina, not Lina's Iphone.
Even in these first few Iphone-free days,
I read Emma Watson's Vogue Interview,
started the book Outliers,
discovered some mysterious restaurants along my ride to Pokfulam,
and obersved the other Iphone slaves in MTR.
In any case, I still miss my beloved Iphone.
But a slight skepticism is slowly building up in my brain that I might possibly start enjoying the Iphone-free days, and ultmiately, becomes the outlier that does not want an Iphone.
*******
The introduction and the first chapter of Outliers was a blast!
My summary so far is:
1. An outlier is never a REAL outlier. It is called an outlier just because that it cannot be sufficiently explained by conventional theory or belief. An outlier, like everything else, has an underlying trend.
2. An outlier can be created. It does not rely solely on innate qualities.
We are always taught to honor our achievements based on individual hardwork and talents.
Studying in the United States where individualism and hardwork are celebrated, I am a strong believer in diligence and ability all the times.
But it is like the statistical assumption that all factors are independent of one another.
The reality is all factors are closely knitted.
One's success is a combination of talents, society and experience.
Based on Outliers' theory that players with birth dates right after the cut off date of hockey league selection are more likely to become world-closs professionals, I will boldly suggest that people with birth dates at the start of the year have more younger-aged connections in their inner social circle, while people with birth dates close to the end of the year would have social circles with elder people. My reasoning would be that throughout the 20 years of education, people with earlier birth dates were put together with classes of younger people where they interact constantly. Therefore, even outside of school, they are more comfortable hanging with people younger than them.
For example?
I think I am the life example.
My birth date is 20th January.
Not only that my classmates were mostly younger than me,
but most of my closest friends are younger than me.
Because I am not used to mingle with elder people,
asking for advices and guidance.
But I enjoyed the relaxation and fun with the younger.
But all in all, this proposed trend would not be too distinctive as other factors ( family background, class year, etc) will also affect the correlation..
So do we still need to work hard if we realize our success lies heavily on our lucks too?
YES! A definite yes!
Because it is not about the end, the result,
it is about the process.
If we do not push our limits on our abilities and talents,
there is little chance of success even if luck lies with you.
Remember, an outlier can be created, with training and experience.
I lost my iphone, after five months living upon it.
It is like losing a limb.
Staring blindly on my MTR trip from Prince Edward to Central,
feeling the lightness of my handbag,
no more rush for minutes and seconds for games,
the lightning speed of SMS becomes turtle crawling speed in my hundred-year-old Motorola,
even my memories, in the forms of notes and photos, are forever gone.
It is certainly depressing, especially it was my birthday gift from my sisters.
I am still very guilty for my split second of light mindedness in Insomnia.
But there is one good thing about losing an Iphone----
I AM FREED FROM THE IPHONE.
For months, it is not at all exaggerating to conclude that 80% of my leisure time was partially/ fully occupied by this technology.
(I believe the 20% percent of the leisure time where Iphone is easily out of my mind is Majonging with my family and sleeping.)
But now,
my Fingers and Mind are much better controlled by Lina, not Lina's Iphone.
Even in these first few Iphone-free days,
I read Emma Watson's Vogue Interview,
started the book Outliers,
discovered some mysterious restaurants along my ride to Pokfulam,
and obersved the other Iphone slaves in MTR.
In any case, I still miss my beloved Iphone.
But a slight skepticism is slowly building up in my brain that I might possibly start enjoying the Iphone-free days, and ultmiately, becomes the outlier that does not want an Iphone.
*******
The introduction and the first chapter of Outliers was a blast!
My summary so far is:
1. An outlier is never a REAL outlier. It is called an outlier just because that it cannot be sufficiently explained by conventional theory or belief. An outlier, like everything else, has an underlying trend.
2. An outlier can be created. It does not rely solely on innate qualities.
We are always taught to honor our achievements based on individual hardwork and talents.
Studying in the United States where individualism and hardwork are celebrated, I am a strong believer in diligence and ability all the times.
But it is like the statistical assumption that all factors are independent of one another.
The reality is all factors are closely knitted.
One's success is a combination of talents, society and experience.
Based on Outliers' theory that players with birth dates right after the cut off date of hockey league selection are more likely to become world-closs professionals, I will boldly suggest that people with birth dates at the start of the year have more younger-aged connections in their inner social circle, while people with birth dates close to the end of the year would have social circles with elder people. My reasoning would be that throughout the 20 years of education, people with earlier birth dates were put together with classes of younger people where they interact constantly. Therefore, even outside of school, they are more comfortable hanging with people younger than them.
For example?
I think I am the life example.
My birth date is 20th January.
Not only that my classmates were mostly younger than me,
but most of my closest friends are younger than me.
Because I am not used to mingle with elder people,
asking for advices and guidance.
But I enjoyed the relaxation and fun with the younger.
But all in all, this proposed trend would not be too distinctive as other factors ( family background, class year, etc) will also affect the correlation..
So do we still need to work hard if we realize our success lies heavily on our lucks too?
YES! A definite yes!
Because it is not about the end, the result,
it is about the process.
If we do not push our limits on our abilities and talents,
there is little chance of success even if luck lies with you.
Remember, an outlier can be created, with training and experience.
